KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA

Self Access Learning Module

ICT Literacy for

Secondary School
Programme

Computer Hardware
Computer Setting

PUSAT PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM

KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA
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MODULE 7

BASIC COMPUTER SETTING

Curriculum Development Centre

Ministry of Education Malaysia

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1. Name of Module : Computer Setting

2. Learning Outcomes: The students should be able to:

• customize settings for display

• customize settings for mouse
• customize settings for sound
• customize settings for date and time
• regional and language options

3. Knowledge and Skills:

• Customize setting for display, mouse and sound.

• Customize setting for date and time, language and regional option.

4. Module Summary: At the end of the module, student should be able to set the
computer by customize the setting for display, mouse, sound, date and time,
regional and language options.

This module contains 5 activities:

Activity 1: Customizing settings for display.

Activity 2: Customizing settings for mouse.
Activity 3: Customizing settings for sound.
Activity 4: Customizing settings for date and time.
Activity 5: Customizing settings for regional and language options.

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Activity 1: Customizing settings for display

1. Click Start button, then click Control Panel

Control Panel

2. Control Panel window will appear as shown below. Then click Appearance and
Setting.

Appearance and Setting

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3. Click Display

Display

4. Display Properties window will appear as shown below. In the Themes option, you
can change the themes of your computer by choosing from the drop down menu.
Choose Window XP and click OK.

Theme
s

Drop down menu

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5. Click Desktop tab. You can change your desktop background. Choose Bliss in the
Background menu and than click OK.

Desktop

Background Menu

OK

6. Click Screen Saver tab. You can change your screen saver by choosing from the drop
down menu. Choose 3D Flying Objects and click OK.

Screen Saver

Drop down menu

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7. Click Appearance tab. You can change the appearance of windows and buttons,
colour schemes and font size by choosing from drop down menu. In Windows and
buttons, choose Window XP style. In colour scheme choose Default(blue). In Font
size choose Normal. Then click OK.

Appearance

Windows and buttons

Colour schemes

Font Size

Activity 2: Customizing settings for mouse

1. In the Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes. Appearance and Themes
window will be displayed, then click Mouse Pointers.

Appearance and
Themes

Mouse Pointers

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2. The Mouse Properties window will appear as shown below. Choose Pointer tab
option. You can customize the mouse pointer by choosing from the customize drop
down menu. Choose Normal Select and click OK.

Pointers

Customize Drop
down Menu

3. Click Pointer Option tab. You can select the pointer speed by moving the motion
slide indicator. Click OK.

Pointer Option

Motion Slide Indicator

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Activity 3: Customizing settings for sound

1. In the Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices. Then click Adjust
the system volume.

Sounds, Speech and Audio Adjust the system volume

Devices

2. Choose the volume level by moving the volume slide indicator.

Volume Slide Indicator

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3. For advance volume control setting, click Advanced. A window will appear
Adjust the volume level by moving the volume slide indicator.

Advanced… Volume Slide

Indicator

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Activity 4. Customizing settings for Date and Time

1. In the Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options. Then click
Date and Time.

Date, Time, Language, and

Regional Options Date and time

2. Click Date and Time tab. Choose day, month and year from the Date options.
Change the time in the time option.Then click OK.

Date and Time

Year
Month

Time Option
Day

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3. Click Time Zone. Choose the time zone from the drop down menu according to the
country you stay. Choose (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and click OK.

Time Zone

Drop Down
Menu

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Activity 5: Customizing settings for Regional and Language Options.

1. In the Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language and Regional Options. In the
Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options window, click Regional and Language
Options.

Date, Time, Language, and Regional and Language

Regional Options Options

2. Click Regional Options tab. IRegional option will set how some programs format
numbers, currencies, dates and time. Then, click the drop down menu. English (United
States) is commonly use. Choose English (United States) and click OK.

Regional
Options

Drop down
menu

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3. Control Panel window will appear as below. Close the Control Panel Window.

Close

4. The interface will be shown as below.

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Evaluation Form

COMPUTER HARDWARE

Module 2: Computer Settings

Name : ___________________

Class :____________________

Date :____________________

At the end of the lesson students have learned the following skills.

EXCELLENT
AVERAGE
A LITTLE
KNOW
DON’T

GOOD
SKILLS

1. Customize setting for Window Themes

Customize setting for desktop
2.
background
3. Customize setting for screen saver
Customize setting for Window
4.
Appearance
5. Customize setting for mouse
6. Customize setting for sound
7. Customize setting for date
8. Customize setting for time
9. Customize setting for regional

Please tick (√) one of the check box

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